Bowning Bookham Landcare were thrilled to be selected as the winners of the Landcare Australia “Through the Lens” Photography Competition, celebrating the many faces and facets of Landcare across Australia. Our group recently received our prize — a Milwaukee Battery-Powered Chainsaw — and we couldn’t be more grateful for this practical and generous support.
While much of our Landcare work focuses on growing and planting thousands of tubestock each year across farms and along waterways, creating habitat, shelter, and connections across our landscapes with Climate Ready plants, maintaining those sites as they mature is just as important. Many of our earlier plantings are now seven to eight years old (or more) and require ongoing care to ensure their continued success.
The new chainsaw from Milwaukee will be invaluable in helping us clear fallen branches from fences, thin dense revegetation plots to encourage understorey and groundcover diversity, and carry out essential maintenance on our established planting sites.
Bowning Bookham Landcare President, Ian McGrath, said the group is delighted with the prize:
“This chainsaw will be perfect for the job, small enough to get into tight spots, but powerful enough to handle the bigger tasks. The battery operation means no mess and no fuss, which is ideal for the kind of work we do.”
To make the most of this new tool, the group is planning to host another chainsaw safety training day for members, building on the success of a previous session that proved very popular. As Ian noted, “There are plenty of members who missed out last time, and we want to make sure everyone has the skills and confidence to work safely when maintaining vegetation on their properties.”
A big thank you again to Milwaukee for this wonderful prize and for supporting Landcare groups across Australia. Practical tools like this make a real difference in helping local volunteers care for their environment safely and effectively.
Written by Sarah McGrath, Local Coordinator Bowning Bookham Landcare Group